Glide hammock



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UNITED STATES 1,618,593 PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD KLEIN, OF FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ENGLANDER SPRINGBED COMPANY, O1? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GLIDE .HAMMOCK.

Application filed March 4, 1924. Serial No. 696,747.

This invention relates to hammocks, more particularly to that classknown as glide hammocks, the object of the invention being to provide animproved hammock of this class, comparatively simple in construction,strong, rigid, and durable in use and which may be readily and easilyassembled and quickly disassembled for handling or transportation.

A further object of this invention is't-he provision of an improvedglide hammock comprising three main features .a supporting cradle, apair of swinging head frames adapted to receive upholstery swinginglyconnected with the head frames and a detachable seat frame detachablyconnected with the head frames, all of said parts being constructed ofmetal and assembled in an inexpensive, simple and convenient way topermit the same to be easily handled or shipped.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Fig, 1 is a perspective view of this improved glide hammock completelyassembled; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the framework of the hammock;Fig. 3 is a detail view of the means for connecting the spring mattressstructure to the swinging frame; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thecradle; and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the manner in which aswinging. frame is connected to the cradle.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Be ore explaining in detail the present improvement and mode ofoperation thereof, it is desired to have it understood that theinvention is not limited to the details of construction and arrangementof parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, snce theinvention is capable of other embodiments, and that the phraseologywhich is employed is for the purpose of description and not oflimitation.

The supporting frame or cradle, as it is herein designated, comprises apair of heads 2 formed of bars or tubes, each bent to provide a pair oflegs 3, thus forming inverted U-shaped heads. These legs are suitablybraced by a pair of cross bars 4 and 5, and connected to the braces 4 isa pair of lengthwise extending brace or side bars 6 shown of angle ironformation and located at some distance inwardly from the legs 3.Connected to these bars 6 and to the lower cross bar 5 of a head is apair of diagonal brace bars 7.

The foregoing construction constitutes the supporting frame or cradle asherein designated and forms a very rigid supporting structure.

Enclosing or overlapping each head is a swinging frame comprising aninverted U shaped member 10, and this U-shaped swinging frame is made upof a pair of U-shaped angle bars 11 forming a cross top member 11 and apair of dependin members 11" and 11", the outer one of which 11 islonger than the other. These top members 11 are suitably connected bycross bars 12 and 13 at the top and the depending members are connectedby cross braces 14 and 15 at the bottom, suitable diagonal braces 16serving to stiffen the outer side of this U-' shaped frame. EachU-shaped swinging frame is link-connected by a pair of links 20 pivotedat their lower ends to the cross bar 14 and at their upper ends to thehead 2, whereby the swinging frames will swing to and fro relatively tothe cradle or supporting frame, the links 20 being located inparallelism.

The seat frame or portion of the hammock comprises a spring frameconsisting of a pair of end frames2l and 22, each comprising atransverse bar 23 having depending portions 24, thus also forming aninverted U- shaped frame connected by side bars 25 and suitable braces26. Stretched between these end frames 21 and 22 is a suitable springfabric although if preferred helical springs could be used in place ofthe fabric shown. For detachably connecting the spring fabric frame tothe swinging frame, each depending portion 11" of the latter is providedwith .a pair of hooks 50, one above the other shown carried by a plateriveted to such depending portion, and the depending end portions of thespring structure 24 are provided with openings 51 for the reception ofsuch hooks. By this construction the spring fabric structure may bereadily lifted and detached from the swinging frames of the hammock, ithaving no direct connection with the cradle but is supported solely bythe swinging frames.

A back30 may be suitably connected to' the spring structure, as bysuitable slots 31 carried by the end frames 22 into which angledprojections 32 carried by the back are insertible, (see Fig. 2), wherebythe back is also detachable, the back being held in position by suitablechains attached to the frames if desired. The swinging frames aresuitably upholstered, a suitable wood top 27 being provided to form asuitable padded arm rest for the glide hammock. Carried by the spring isa suitable stuffed cushion 28, the back also being of upholstered formwhereby a comfortable, neat and ornamental glide hammock is obtained.The front of the spring structure or mattress may be suitably covered bya curtain 29.

Thus it will be observed that I have provided an improved glide hammockconsisting of three main features,-a detachable spring structure, acradle and a pair of swinging frames link-connected to the cradle anddetachably hook-connected to the mattress structure whereby the mattressstruc ture may be readily detached by lifting it from the hooks, and thehead frames may be quickly detached from the cradle by unfastening apair of ends of the two parallel links as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing it will thus be seen that the parallel links 20constitute the sole connecting means between the frames and the cradlewhile the spring fabric structure constitutes the sole connecting meansbetween the swinging U-shaped frames.

It is to be understood that by describing in detail herein anyparticular form, structure, or arrangement, it .-s not intended to limitthe invention beyond the terms of the several claims or the requirementsof the prior art.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described away of constructing and using the same, although without attempting toset forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes ofits use, I claim:

1. In a glide hammock, the combination of a supporting frame including apair of upright heads connected together by lengthwise extending bars, apair of U-shaped bars embracing each head and spaced apart substantiallythe width of the head, a pair of spaced transverse bars connectingtogether each pair of U-shaped bars above each head, means for swingin1y supporting said U- shaped bars from t e heads, a spring mattresssection, and means for detachably connecting said section to the innerend of each U-shaped bar.

2. In a bed structure, the combination of a supporting frame comprisinga pair of upright head members connected together, a frame embracingeach head, each frame comprising a pair' of U-shaped angle bars spacedtransversely of the bed and embracing a head member and transverse barsconnecting said angle bars together, means for swingingly supportingsaid frames from the head mem bers, and a mattress section havingdetachable connection with each frame.

3. A glide hammock comprising a supporting cradle having an upright headat each end adapted to rest directly upon the floor, each comprisin aninverted U-shaped bar connected together iengthwise thereof. a pair ofswinging frames enclosing and overlapping said heads, each of saidswinging frames comprising two inverted U-shaped bars, the tops thereofextending transversely of said heads and connected together transverselyof the bed, and a spring mattress frame connected to said swingingframes at the inner sides thereof and likewise comprising a pair ofinverted U-shaped end frames, the tops of which extend transversely tothe tops of said swinging frames.

4. In a bed structure, the combination of a supporting frame comprisingapair of up right head members connected together, a frame embracing eachhead, each frame comprising a pair of bars spaced transversely of thebed and each bar extending over the top of a head member and downwardlyat each side thereof, and transverse members con meeting each pair ofbars together, means for swingingly', supporting said frames from thehead members, a mattress section having detachable connection with eachframe, said detachable connection comprising cooperating parts carriedby the mattress section and by each of said first bars.

5. In a glide hammock, the combination of a supporting cradle having atopposite ends an upright head, a pair of U-shaped frames embracing eachhead and spaced apart transversely of the hammock, bars connecting eachpair of frames together, means for swingingly supporting said framesfrom the heads, a mattress section located between the frames atopposite ends of the hammock, and means for detachably connecting saidmattress section to the inner end of each U- shaped frame.

Signed at Brooklyn, N. Y., this 1st day of March, 1924.

CONRAD KLEIN.

